CVE-2013-2206

Published Jul 4, 2013

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
The sctp_sf_do_5_2_4_dupcook function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.5 does not properly handle associations during the processing of a duplicate COOKIE ECHO chunk, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP traffic.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.4
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
4.9
Vector string
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

Evaluator

Comment
Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'
Impact
-
Solution
-

Configurations